diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/client.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/client.adoc
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@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ The default behavior is to retry six times with an initial backoff interval of 1
 You can configure these properties (and others) by setting the `spring.cloud.config.retry.*` configuration properties.
 To use a random exponential backoff policy set `spring.cloud.config.retry.useRandomPolicy` to `true`.
 
+NOTE:  When `spring.cloud.config.retry.useRandomPolicy` is `true` the `max-attempts`, `initial-interval`, `max-interval`, and `multiplier` properties will
+still have an effect even when using a random exponential backoff policy.  The details on how they are used can be found in the
+`ExponentialRandomBackOffPolicy` and `ExponentialBackOffPolicy` in https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-retry[Spring Retry].
+
 TIP: To take full control of the retry behavior and are using legacy bootstrap, add a `@Bean` of type `RetryOperationsInterceptor` with an ID of `configServerRetryInterceptor`.
 Spring Retry has a `RetryInterceptorBuilder` that supports creating one.